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20 He took a bag of money with him;
    he will not come home until full moon.’

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
    with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 Right away he follows her,
    and goes like an ox to the slaughter,
or bounds like a stag towards the trap[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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